Campbellford man victim of online scam

CAMPBELLFORD -- A Campbellford man is out $6,000 after police discovered he was the victim of an online-dating scam.

On Nov. 26, the Northumberland County OPP received a complaint from a man, who told police he became friends with a woman from Ghana on a website called AdultFriendFinder.com.

The man said he and the woman had been communicating since early October, when the woman asked him for some food money. The man sent $200 to her through Western Union. Eventually, the woman told the man she would like to come to Canada and asked for $900 to cover the cost of police and health checks needed to move to Canada.

The man then forwarded money for an airline ticket he later found out to be a fake.

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) told the man all it takes to pick up funds sent to the location provided in Ghana is a name only. The OPP said there is no way for police or the CAFC to track down the person who actually picked up the payment.